The Ten Year After Man Purchase and Harvard Commencement
A reflective piece traces the era a decade after Peter Minuit bought Man from the Indians for 24 dollars in trinkets. It links Harvard College’s early days to 1640s Cambridge and sketches harsh colonial perils from witchcraft persecutions to wars with Indians and the French, noting grim life expectancy and turbulent English politics.
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Peter Minuit
College
Cambridge
Mans
United States
Harvard Yard
Cotton Traders Lose Bid as Brokers Stand Aside
A Cotton and Controls official laments no sale market as brokers refuse purchases. Growers face government loan storage for crops, risking inability to sell unless placed in loan. The piece links farm prices, anti trust actions, and increasing federal control under Washington.
Gleanings from Daily Mail: A mix of psychology and history notes
A New York AP column surveys quirks from daily life including drivers arrested for wrong lane bets, bowling as anger release, JFK's childhood letter to the French Foreign Legion, and near future trends in car leasing. It also recalls the 1784 balloon flight, religious world share, art insurance syndicates, spider use in space age optics, and Carlyle on honesty.
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New York
Plumnist
California
John F. Kennedy
French Foreign Legion
Dennis Day Looks After Day McNulty Tribe on Father’s Day
Hollywood humorist Dennis Day talks about his big family and Father’s Day plans. He reveals nine children with wife Peggy, lives in Mandeville Canyon, and handles logistics between tours with help from a live‑in nanny and day girl.
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Hollywood
Dennis Day
Jack Benny
Francis
Peggy
Dennis
Peg
Mandeville Canyon
Military School
Anaheim
Guns Claimed Most Murder Victims in U S
FBI director John Edgar Hoover writes a June bulletin warning that hand guns drive most murders in the United States. He cites 1963 and 1962 data, urges state and local controls, and argues crime prevention requires stricter firearms regulation and enforcement.
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Guns
U.S
John Edgar Hoover
FBI
Hoover
Getaila
Mao Delusions On Rise Again
John Chamberlain surveys past and present debates on Mao Tse tung, noting earlier Western boosters and current criticism. He salutes Valentin Chu for a new book on Communist China, highlighting Chu's bilingual background and use of émigré sources to portray Beijing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Mao Tse-tung
Thomas Jefferson
Valentin Chu
Norton
Chu
Life Magasine
The
New Leader
U. S. News and World Report
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Thea
Mad Statistician Of Peking Exposes Great Leap Fiasco
The piece analyzes Chu's book critiquing Mao Zedong and the Great Leap Forward. It highlights policies like eradicating sparrows, the rise of mass production methods, and the push for improvised reactors and weapons development. It also touches on Sino Soviet tensions and broader political questions.
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Mr. Chu
Mao
Rae
China
Youngster Allen Polansky Seeks National Industry Contacts
A 14 year old Horace Mann Junior High student, Allen Polansky, writes to about 30 national industrial leaders proposing San Antonio branch plans. He has been invited to join the Greater San Antonio Development Council as a youth participant, reflecting active community involvement among teens while concerns over vandalism and delinquency rise in the city.
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Allen Polansky
Horace Mann
Plan
San Antonio
Okefenokee Swamp Mapped by Army Engineers and USGS Team
About 7 Army Engineers and USGS workers spent 3 1/2 months mapping 700 square miles of the Okefenokee Swamp near Waycross Florida. They faced bears alligators and flocks of birds while using two helicopters to chart the Land of Trembling Earth. They also saved a ring tailed raccoon and placed markers on Bugaboo Billys and Floyds Islands.
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Army
U. S. Geological Survey
Hever
Big Swamp
Bugaboo Island
Cow House Island
Billys Island
Floyds Island
Auto crashes show dangers of tailgating on highways
The piece warns that many drivers follow too closely and fail to keep a safe distance. It argues that stopping suddenly can cause severe damage and injuries to occupants of both vehicles. It stresses the ease of harm in auto collisions.
Puzzle Fragment Clues and Mixed Answers
A scrambled list of crossword style clues and fragment phrases. Entries include Neat 51, Come in 5, Dried ups, Indo-Chim native, Newt, Necessary, Daughter of Zeus, Goddess of discord, Voice, Crease, Born, Ideal, Apple seed, Brisk with odd spacings and possible misspellings suggesting a wordplay puzzle.
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Zeus
Goddess of
Voice
Crease
Eatre
Ideal G Acore
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Thomas Carlyle
Bob Thomas
McNulty
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Dennis Eugene
Michael Joeseph
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Mary Kate
Daniel Gerard
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Ann Blyth
Rise Again
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Can Book Publishers
George Marshall
State Department
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Sinkiang
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Khrushchev
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Okefenokee
Waycross
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Suwannee River
Billy Bowlegs
Charles Floyd
Florida
Stephen Foster
Gulf of Mexico
Waycross Airbase
William J. McMullen
Frederick A. Behrens
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Clergyman
Leah
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Desire Slang
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